Declaring there is "no more time for delay," an international panel of scientists urged the world's nations Tuesday to stave off climate-change "catastrophe" by boosting clean-energy research and sharply cutting industrial emissions that fuel global warming.

Declaring there is "no more time for delay," an international panel of scientists urged the world's nations Tuesday to stave off climate-change "catastrophe" by boosting clean-energy research and sharply cutting industrial emissions that fuel global warming.

Globalization long has been regarded as a made-in-America phenomenon, driven by Silicon Valley's technology, Hollywood's movies and Wall Street's cash. But suddenly, countries formerly on the periphery of world events seem poised to challenge American dominance of this age of global integration.

John Naisbitt, the 77-year-old author of the best-selling Megatrends series of business books, hasn't always been a globetrotting sage. Naisbitt grew up in Glenwood, Utah, amid conservative Mormons and sugar-beet farmers.

Inside the Deals column: Amelia Island, literally the first vacation destination on Florida's east coast, is a small-town gem with a suburban core that's all beach-resort around the edges. It's the perfect sunny getaway for couples seeking quiet and romance, families who want the familiar comforts of home, and anyone who loves to play in warm ocean waters.

Teachers are selling their original lectures, course outlines and study guides to other teachers through a new website launched by New York entrepreneur Paul Edelman.The site, teacherspayteachers.com, aims to be an eBay for educators. For a $29.95 yearly fee, sellers can post their work and set their prices.

Q: Steve, I caught you on Fox News this morning. (Glad you ditched the moustache and goatee!) It's interesting to note that entrepreneurs succeed in the U.S. in spite of our education system, not because of it. Our education system is designed to turn out "good employees," not "good entrepreneurs." That education model needs to change.

Tom Lutz is not a slacker. Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America has a 33-page bibliography solid proof of the author's work ethic. Lutz has immersed himself in the topic of loafing largely through books, movies, TV and music.

Another reason to worry about global warming: more and itchier poison ivy. The noxious vine grows faster and bigger as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, researchers report Monday. And a CO2-driven vine also produces more of its rash-causing chemical, conclude experiments by Duke University.

The rumblings of global warming are echoing across Greenland. Scientists studying ancient climate, tweaking computer models of future climate and listening to earthquakes add to the evidence that global warming is melting polar ice.